txttletale: yourtongzhihazel: On the subject of orwell and his rancid anticommunism, his flagship title “animal farm” is not simply a “satire of the USSR”; it is a full and total repudiation of the idea of proletarian rule at all. The entire book depicts the workers as dumb and incapable and easily manipulated by leaders. This is a fully aristocratic view of the proletariat and entirely anti-proletarian. This should be no surprise to people who are familiar with orwell’s opinions and past, including the fact that he has “never been able to dislike Hitler” (actual quote, March 21, 1940) and t ..read more

autistic-katara: ivan-fyodorovich-k: clearskjes: mornington-the-crescent: fiddlepickdouglas: oonajaeadira: 0rki3: squashfolded: thewiglesswonder: . good work everyone ..read more

chaifootsteps: katacala: headspace-hotel: depsidase: Something that gave H.P. Lovecraft nightmares is the work of my favorite artist. In “At the Mountains of Madness” he specifically mentions “the strange and disturbing Asian paintings of Nicholas Roerich.” This is what Roerich’s paintings look like: #hp lovecraft thought penguins were grotesque and horrifying#he was not a difficult man to frighten ..read more

slash-gallagher: jethroq: ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza ALT ALT ALT ..read more

timplatt: sleepyheadlbp: timplatt: we have gone astray He also fucking drowned himself. I feel like your forgetting that. Like I get what your saying but. The word “Narcissist” comes from his name. Like he died looking at his own reflection. Like he would NOT STOP looking at his own reflection- I feel like we could make a better parallel here. You could make plenty of social commentary using Narcissus- J-just, like. He drowned himself. FYI. JSYK. BTW. we cannot make a better parallel. this ancient myth is about clout and likes. We must imagine Narcissus happy ..read more

opencommunion: literally21: the full map: Mapping the Business of War ..read more

gummybearattacktheworldofdespair ..read more

txttletale: txttletale: the historical source we have for understanding much of the early roman empire are so fucking bad. like whenever you hear any insane story about tiberius/caligula/nero/commodus/elagabalus imagine trying to put together an account of any modern figure if your only avaiable sources were tucker carlson archives and the daily mail sure! so, the problem with classical historiography is an extreme paucity of sources. many, many contemporary histories of the early roman empire just don’t exist anymore–we know about many of these, because they are referenced, cited, and quo ..read more

froginakettle: neptuneking: dankmemeuniversity: I’m The youth are lost ..read more

This place is gonna go nuts when Kafka dies ..read more